10232 Palace Cinema officially unveiled – new modular LEGO set [News]

The newest LEGO set in the modular building line, 10232 Palace Cinema is being officially unveiled this evening at BrickFair Alabama in Birmingham. Though LEGO’s official photos surfaced earlier this month, this is the first time we’ve gotten details about pricing and release date. 10232 Palace Cinema will return the line to its traditional price point of $150 USD for 2,194 pieces and 6 minifigs, with a release date in March.

Naturally, Palace Cinema connects to all the other modular buildings.

The set comes with an open-top stretch limo.

The interior includes seats, a projector & screen, and concession stand.

10232 Palace Cinema

Build a grand premiere at the Palace Cinema!

It’s premiere night at the Palace Cinema! Illuminate the night sky with the spotlights as the child star arrives in a fancy black limousine! Gather the crowd on the star-studded sidewalk, then head into the detailed lobby with a concession stand and ticket area! Take the grand staircase into the theater with a large screen, movie projector and reclining chairs for 6 minifigures. Introducing the latest addition to the LEGO® Modular Buildings series, the highly detailed, 2-story Palace Cinema corner building. This collectible model features a sidewalk of the stars, brick-built entrance doors, posters, sign frontage, a tower with spires and rooftop decorations. Includes 6 minifigures: child actress, chauffeur, female guest, male guest, photographer and cinema worker.

Oh, that car is a beauty. A proper 1950’s American style car. It’s odd that all of the minifigs have the classic face. They don’t even have the white dots in the eyes. This and the pet shop are definitely on my to buy list. Never been all that fussed about the modulars before. Mainly due to price.

Carl, all of the modular buildings since the Cafe Corner have used the classic minifig head (with the exception of the Market Street, since it was released as a Lego Factory set).

And I’d highly recommend the Pet Shop. It was my first modular, and its split nature allows it to be a fairly representative “sampler” of the modular line. It’s also packed with detail, and in my opinion it’s got one of the best justifications of any set for the parts with less detail (the occupants are just moving into the red and brown house, so the sparsely-furnished second and third floors have a painter painting the walls and a collection of moving boxes, respectively).

Anyway, more on topic, I love the look of the Palace Cinema. Is it perfect? No; but just like the Grand Emporium I expect its imperfections to inspire a wide variety of mods from the community. And in terms of making a full theater at the price point of the previous modulars, I think Lego did just about the best they could.